Assistant Professor, English Department
(Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2007)
tel.: (607) 777-4207
fax.: (607) 777-2408
e-mail:shenkel@binghamton.edu
Areas of Interest
Literatures of the Americas
Grassroots political movements
Free speech and censorship
Democratic theory
Complex Systems
Literature and Labor
Current Projects
A book titled Leaves of Grassroots Politics: Democracy, the Swarm, and the Literatures of the Americas
Books and Recent Articles
"The Anxiety of Authority in The Grapes of Wrath"
"Working and Learning Conditions after the National Labor Relations Board's Brown University Decision"
Recent Courses Taught
Banned Books and Stories Not Told
Democracy in the Literatures of the Americas
Zoot Suit Riots: Modern Chicano/a Literature
